Iran Liberalism

Introduction and summary After nearly two years, the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” approach on Iran has increased the risk of a wider Middle East war and failed to bring the world closer to a better nuclear deal with Iran. In response to the Trump administration’s increased economic pressure through sanctions…

Days after winning the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof could end up in prison over his work, which has been branded by Iranian judiciary officials as “propaganda against the state.” But he refuses to back down. “I do my best, and the effort…

Oppressive, totalitarian regimes are not noted for flexibility or responsiveness. Something about the knowledge that the communication of bad news to the boss may get you killed or shipped off to the gulag inhibits open dialogue or original thought. No doubt as the Soviet Union dissolved and Russian communism faded…

by Roxana Hadadi March 7, 2020   |   The paradox of reality television has always been that the genre is, despite its name, not quite real. Instead, its primary purpose is often to raise the question of where we draw the line between performance and authenticity, and films about reality TV…

When I was in Afghanistan, I often heard a Pashtun saying attributed to the Afghan Taliban strategy for war with the United States: “They have the watches, but we have the time”. I do not know the provenance of this saying and I do not know if the saying exists…

Iran, Qom- Kamkar hospital the section of COVID-19 patients Written by Shahriar Kia on 02 March 2020. After days of denial and downplaying the Coronavirus outbreak in Iran, the regime’s Deputy Health Minister Ghasem Janbabaei admitted in an interview on state TV that “over 12,000 people have been hospitalized after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and this…

When I was in Afghanistan, I often heard a Pashtun saying attributed to the Afghan Taliban strategy for war with the United States: “They have the watches, but we have the time”. I do not know the provenance of this saying and I do not know if the saying exists…

More than 90,000 people have been infected with the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus, the chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed as nations turn to increasingly drastic measures to halt the spread of the virus. The coronavirus, which has continued its spread into more than 70 countries after emerging in…

Skip to comments. Nearly two dozen Iranian lawmakers test positive for Coronavirus (10% of members on Iran’s parliament ) Washington Examiner ^ | 03/03/2020 | Tim Pearce Posted on 03/03/2020 10:54:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind Roughly 10% of the members on Iran’s parliament have contracted the coronavirus. Iranian state media…

By Sara AridiThe New York TimesMon., March 2, 2020timer5 min. readWhen “There Is No Evil,” the new drama by celebrated Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, debuted at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, it was a bittersweet moment for Rasoulof.Speaking through an interpreter before the film won the Golden Bear, the…